America's Road to Wealth

The predecessor of Pacific Energy Company was Sempra Energy Company, one of the power overlords in the southern part of the West Coast.

About one-third of California's electricity and about one-quarter of natural gas are provided by this company.

After being acquired by Abel, its tentacles also extended to Texas for the first time

Well, in Texas, Pacific Energy is currently limited to Tarrant County and two or three small places nearby.

The current manager of Pacific Energy is Delevingne York, the former general manager of Sampra Energy.

Of course, Draven will not be allowed to monopolize power.

During the integration process of more than a month, at the request of Abel.

Abel's advisory group included a lot of people.

Some of the top executives of Ales Energy have also become the top executives of Pacific Energy.

The power of the general manager, Delevingne, is not as powerful as that of Qixiu Martin, the original CEO and chairman.

Fortunately, Delevingne himself is also a senior energy industry manager.

The ability is good enough, and it is also important to the company's management. So it's just a part of the power that has been emptied.

From the current point of view, this professional manager. You can still stay in this position for a while longer.

The next day, early morning.

San Diego, Pacific Energy's headquarters building.

The company's senior executives, led by the general manager Delevingne, went to the door of the company to greet the big boss in person.

As a large energy group, Pacific Energy certainly has its own headquarters.

This 43-story CBD building located in the center of San Diego is a symbol of Pacific Energy's strength.

Pacific Energy, worth $17 billion.

It is also the most valuable company among the listed companies that Abel has acquired so far.

Standing in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling windows of the meeting room on the forty-third floor.

Abel looked down at the busy people on the street below.

A few minutes later, he turned his head and looked at the executives who were qualified to sit in the conference room.

"I have read the company's financial statements from last year to May this year. They are very good and healthy."

Abel said:

"When the total revenue is only about 5.5 billion U.S. dollars, the profit can reach 620 million U.S. dollars, which is already very good."

Positive opening remarks from the boss.

It made everyone who was a little nervous feel a little relieved.

In front of Abel, there is a document at this moment.

The above is the revenue of Pacific Energy Corporation, its three most important subsidiaries.

The first is Southern California Gas Company, with revenue of $2.494 billion.

The second is San Diego Gas and Electric Company, with a revenue of 1.844 billion

The third is Sempra LNG, with revenue of $1.161 billion. (The subsidiary has not changed its name)

These three major subsidiaries contribute 95% of Pacific Energy's revenue and profits.

In addition to these three subsidiaries, Pacific Energy has many other assets.

For example, there are a few oil fields and natural gas fields with average production, and there are still a lot of oil exploration rights.

Another example is Ales Energy, which has just merged in. Before that, it only had investment and its revenue was very poor.

Not counting Alys Energy.

Just the combination of the previous things allows Sampra Energy, the predecessor of Pacific Energy, to support a market value of more than 16 billion US dollars on the stock market.

Now the company is delisted.

Its own net assets are at least tens of billions of dollars.

No matter from which point of view, this is a high-quality energy company.

If it weren't for Abel's self-deprecating reputation and unscrupulous means to attract the leeks.

It is estimated that it may be difficult to acquire it without paying a 50% premium.

Looking at such a high-quality company, it is also one of the troika that I value most.

For the first time, Abel felt a little smug.

After his opening remarks, he continued:

"I already have ideas about the company's next development direction."

The smug Abel had already appointed his own advisory group.

Under the various requirements he put forward, the next development route for Pacific Energy was mapped out.

“First, Pacific Energy must begin to change its business philosophy and strengthen its diversified operations in energy.”

Abel said:

"First of all, I noticed that the company has 27 subsidiaries. But almost all of the main revenue comes from the three main subsidiaries. This means that as long as the revenue of these three companies is poor, the company's full-year performance will be affected. This is an abnormal situation and something must change.”

"Second, we need to reduce production costs and improve investment efficiency."

"Third, optimize the industrial structure and adjust the industrial layout."

"Fourth, deepen the reform of the company's mechanism and enhance the company's vitality."

"Fifth, improve the innovation environment and increase innovation efforts."

"Sixth, expand foreign cooperation and improve international business operations."

"Seventh, strengthen corporate culture construction and enhance brand value."

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Abel almost read the document given to him by the advisory group exactly as it was written.

This is a rare thing for him.

He rarely cares about his company to this extent.

Even Smith Capital has never received such attention from him.

In other words, Tesla, Pacific, and the rudimentary Pacific Mall, only these three companies have such treatment.

He paid so much attention to it that he even read the speech he disliked the most carefully.

His attitude also made Pacific Energy executives attending the meeting realize how much the big boss valued the company.

It is precisely because of this emphasis that Abel stayed in San Diego for almost a whole day today.

Until more than four o'clock in the afternoon.

He left with unfinished business and took a flight back to Los Angeles at San Diego International Airport.

San Diego and Los Angeles are relatively close.

The straight-line distance is only more than 190 kilometers.

Not long after the plane took off, preparations for landing began.

Not counting the time of take-off and landing, it is estimated that the flight process took only ten minutes from speed-up to deceleration.

This distance, if there is a high-speed rail in California, it will take about half an hour at most by high-speed rail.

Too bad California doesn't have high-speed rail.

California will build a high-speed rail in the future. It took tens of billions of dollars and thirteen years to build only more than 50 kilometers of high-speed rail, which is known as the most expensive high-speed rail in history.

With such a small distance, it only takes about two or three hours to drive.

It's just that Abel set up a convoy from Tarrant County last time and drove to Houston in Harris County.

He was injured in that car ride.

After that, he refused to take a car for long-distance travel, as long as the journey was more than one hour.

If you can fly, you can fly, if you can't fly, take a helicopter.

Traveling by car became his last choice.

In the evening, the sun sets.

Abel is back in Beverly Hills.

He didn't go to No. 9425 Sunset Boulevard to find Li Fuzhen.

He went to New Start Realty, another luxury property in Beverly Hills.

This is a house located at 10410 Bellagio Road, Beverly Hills, in the core area of ​​the road section, covering an area of ​​1.7 acres, a super luxury house with 7 bedrooms and 11 bathrooms.

The price when New Start Real Estate acquired it was about 30 million U.S. dollars.

There are also people waiting for him in the mansion at No. 10410 Bellagio Road.

As soon as Abel entered the gate of the house, he didn't walk for long. Just look at the Mediterranean-style front courtyard, with a huge chimney in the yard.

Liv Tyler is lounging on a white outdoor sofa reading a book.

Sunset, warm yellow sunshine in Beverly Hills. Dye the entire courtyard and Liv Tyler in gold.

Let Liv in this look look like Princess Alwen in modern clothes.

It's as if the elf princess came to reality from the magical medieval continent.

She just sat there without moving. Liv didn't even look at the big commotion when Abel and others came in.

It seemed that she was deeply attracted by the contents of the book, and she couldn't move her eyes with all her attention.

This made Abel feel strange.

Liv Tyler, one of the famous scumbags in Hollywood, can read books.

I am so absorbed in reading the book, could it be that I am reading the female version of Playboy?

How else to explain it?

Abel leaned over curiously, and when he was more than one meter away from her.

suddenly,

"Clang clang clang~"

She dropped the thick book in her hand and jumped up with a smile.

Liv rushed towards Abel, "Is it surprising? Liv Tyler is also reading a book? Actually, I'm not reading a book at all. I'll know when you come in!"

After hanging on Abel's body, Liv hugged Abel tightly, smiling and kissing Abel.

The two kissed for a while before Liv jumped down satisfied.

"You're not reading, what were you doing just now?" Abel was curious.

"Because I know that when you come in from the outside, I am reading in this place, and reading from this angle will make me appear particularly elegant, beautiful, and out of the world!"

Liv proudly said:

"I saw you coming back on the second floor. I immediately got down from the top, took a book by the way, and sat down before you came in."

"How about it, do you think that I was extremely beautiful just now? That position, but one of the chief editors of "VOGUE" magazine, Angelina specially chose the photo position for me!"

Her voice was thick and urgent and fast, but it could be heard clearly.

It also made Abel understand one thing, that is, she was pretending to be reading just now.

Just to make her look better in my eyes, so as to deepen my impression of her.

Even the angle of sitting posture and the gesture of holding a book are taught by professionals.

Abel was speechless for a while.

I couldn't help but raised my hand and patted the scheming girl's tight, elastic, but also soft little butt a few times.

"Ah. It will hurt to shoot like this. You want to shoot for you at night?" Liv Tyler complained.

this showman

Abel shook his head and said, "You know I don't like this."

Liv said, "That's why I explained right away, so you won't be too angry."

Abel thought it was true.

"Okay. What about VOGUE?"

Abel hugged her shoulders, walked to the white soft outdoor sofa and sat down.

These expensive outdoor sofas are not afraid of rain and can be placed outdoors.

This is the standard configuration of most luxury villas. When many ordinary people watch luxury house videos, the furniture and furniture that they see in the open air are all outdoor products.

They are not afraid of water, easy to wash and relatively easy to clean.

Of course, the price will be much more expensive than ordinary furniture.

Liv Tyler answers his question:

"I can enter "VOGUE" magazine once next month. Although it's not the cover, it's just a color page of the magazine's content. But "VOGUE" magazine still sent the most professional editors and photographers to take pictures for me. "

"That place and angle just now is the place that Angelina, the editor of VOGUE magazine, helped me find."

Liv said proudly:

"The photo was very beautiful after it was taken, and even I thought I was extremely beautiful. I posed it a few times later, and found that it was indeed very beautiful. Just now when I saw you coming back, I posed it on purpose."

After listening to her explanation, Abel didn't dwell on what she had just done.

"Although I don't know much about Hollywood. But as far as I know, even if "VOGUE" magazine is a color page, Hollywood practitioners can't just get in if they want to."

Abel said:

"You don't have any work recently. The Lord of the Rings hasn't even been released yet, so there's no popularity. How could "VOGUE" magazine think of inviting you?"

Liv said:

"Maybe it's because I have participated in Isa's catwalks many times recently? Those fashion monsters have given me a very good evaluation."

""VOGUE" magazine interviewed my title, saying that I am a cross-border star who is involved in Hollywood and fashion at the same time."

Abel was noncommittal, "Maybe."

"By the way." He said again, "You called me over, what's the matter?"

Abel came to 10410 Bellagio Road because of Liv's harassment on the phone.

If Liv hadn't invited him, Abel would most likely have gone to 9425 Sunset Boulevard today.

He hasn't had enough of the fresh flesh of the eldest daughter of the Li family.

Li Fuzhen should have had a good rest for a day, and Abel felt that she could continue tasting.

Liv made a complaint:

"Why can't I come to you if I have nothing to do? As your first employee, I am your number one subordinate."

"Well," Abel said, "Okay. Then my number one subordinate, why did you ask me to come over?"

The grievance on Liv's face immediately disappeared, and she said with a smile:

"Of course it's a good thing. If it wasn't a good thing, I wouldn't dare bother my boss to come here in person."

"What good thing?"

Liv Tyler smiled mysteriously, and then said in the noble and elegant voice she had when she played Princess Arwen in The Lord of the Rings:

"One of the rulers of Lothlórien in the Golden Forest, the most powerful elf in Middle-earth in the Third Age, the little princess of the Noldor, Galadriel, the great Queen of the Elves, will be with her daughter Princess Arwen tonight , against the fearsome Great Demon King Sauron!"

"Dear Lord Sauron, are you afraid?" Liv said in a provocative tone, "Or are you going to meet the elves? Suppress and ravage Galadriel and her daughter?"

"Great Demon King, please choose!"

Abel has understood the subtext of Liv Tyler.

I have to say that he was immediately moved.

The Elf Queen Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings, many Chinese movie fans are moved by her temperament.

She may also be the first character in history who conquers the audience with her temperament rather than her beauty.

Galadriel doesn't look the best in the movies.

But she is the most elegant and charming woman in the movie.

In the previous life, when Abel had just learned about the affairs between men and women, he was still a pretty guy who only knew about appreciating looks but nothing else.

They were all deeply fascinated by the temperament of Galadriel in the movie.

This is also one of Abel's feelings.

He patted Liv's upturned butt, pretending to be calm: "Speak human."

"Hee hee~" Liv could see that his heart was moving.

The chief employee immediately whispered:

"Tonight, I invite Galadriel to come here for dinner. When the time comes... the evil Sauron, do you have any ideas?"

Abel looked at her and said coldly, "You want me to use force?"

Seeing that his face turned slightly cold, Liv was terrified.

The mischievousness just now disappeared, and Liv said pitifully:

"How is it possible! I have already made arrangements. Dear BOSS, you don't even know how much preparation and effort I have put in for today!"

"What kind of preparation and effort?" Abel asked meaningfully.

Liv looked at his face and found that he was not really angry.

She breathed a sigh of relief, and then whispered to Abel the plan she had been implementing for several months.

According to Liv.

That's when she first played Arwen for Abel.

This very courageous Hollywood green tea thought of putting "Galadriel" and "Alwen" together on Sauron's bed for the devil to enjoy.

Later, she discovered that the Great Demon King really had this idea.

Liv gradually started her plan.

She began by trying to get on good terms with Australian actor Cate Blanchett, who played Galadriel.

At Liv's initiative, plus the two had played mother and daughter in the crew.

The relationship between the two heated up quickly, and they have become good friends in a few months.

After becoming good friends, Liv used all kinds of secret tricks vaguely.

In front of Cate Blanchett, showing off the mighty Abel Smith brings her every edge in Hollywood.

Especially when the two get together.

Often refer to Charlize, Anne, Jessica, etc., or even just Sarah who had a one-night stand with Abel.

Tell Cate Blanchett about their things and treatment over and over again and cleverly with various words.

Liv's original intention was to imply that Cate Blanchett "made a certain sacrifice."

Such sacrifices are common in Hollywood.

It's a pity that Cate Blanchett didn't know whether she didn't understand it, or she understood it but refused in her heart.

Galadriel didn't take the bait Liv threw.

Liv Tyler simply thought about it, knocked the Elf Queen into a coma, and then sent it to the Great Demon King Sauron.

Alwin will stun Galadriel and give it to the Great Demon King.

Sending off mother.

Liv thinks that Abel might also like such a plot.

"If you don't agree." Liv hugged Abel's neck.

"Then I'll tell her not to come tonight. I'll make a long-term plan and find a way to send her to your bed."

Seeing her pitiful appearance, Abel was actually a little moved.

But he felt that there were some things he couldn't do.